How to Download 5.0.4

As the title suggests, there are always folks that have problems downloading and playing in the PTR, and 5.0.1(4) will have no exceptions. Currently, if you have access to Pandaria Beta, you are not able to log-in to the PTR for reasons assumed.

The Undermine Journal and It's Almighty Powers

You have heard many folks talk about The Undermine Journal (and of course, myself) and how great it is. The king of the site has just graced us with the presence of a "how to" on the first page of his site. What to look at, how to see it, and why it is there. For once, I watched a video that didn't burn my ears.

Don't Fall For Blizzard Scam Emails

There are many dead giveways that an email is NOT from Blizz. Something spelled wrong, sloppy and unclear background (see the Answer part at the top of it), sentences not written correctly, the same word doubled, and last but not least, leaving out YOUR NAME!

WowCrusher, Gold Speed Runs, Oh my!

Not sure how ya'll have been doing, but I myself am getting tired of this constant mind fucking that is going around. Buy this, buy that. Even hiding behind something that sounds halfway legit to try to get you to buy things.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Since most folks that read my blog are already using The Undermine Journal for your AH needs, you know that it seems to change quite often as the admin @Erorus keeps everyone on their toes....

A few days back, I noticed there were a few changes to the Great Deals page....it was gone! Sad Panda fer shur....but the admin must have already had this plan going, as there is a new option that is a PERFECT addition:

Under the tab Great Deals (black taskbar) you will see the options of Great Deals and Unusual Deals (this one is new to me and VERY COOL!)

Click on image if you are blind and can't read it this small

GREAT DEALS

When you are looking at Great Deals, there is always something you can snatch up at a great price (and you don't even have to be at your computer! If you have a smartphone (android or iphone) you can download the Remote Auction House app for free and no monthly fees! Buy and sell from work, on the road, on the train, at your girlfriends, mother in laws, wherever!

Click on image to enlarge (and that isn't what she said)

Don't just limit yourself to any area within Great Deals....why? Example of today's purchase:

*I am sure you can pick which one I snatched in this photo....hint.....it's Emerald

There are a few ways to distinguish which to buy....

1.Price vs. Mean - This is current price versus the 'average' price on your server. Great for flipping items

2.Price vs. Global - This is great to know the 'value' of an item worldwide. This is good if you aren't completely sure the rarity overall of your item.

UNUSUAL DEALS

Now, lets take a glance at Unusual Deals! This tab I am pumped about, and the first time visiting earlier today I snatched up a deal as well. I know this is a Hallow's End item, but for the time it takes to fly all over to get enough tokens, it's well worth my time....

Using a similar formula as what I stated above, I grabbed this item up due to the Global Median page. Nearly 5 times the price on my server.....however this one isn't going up for sale as I will be learning it upon login. It's a cool pet that I have wanted, just never wanted to invest the time to get it. Time IS money, friend!

*If you are using this to flip items, it's also a good idea to use Global Median to price for resale

So now, all you have to do is go to The Undermine Journal, use the steps above, log into your phone app, and buy up whatcha see!

Now after you snatch a few things up, holler back and let me know what you find!

Friday, October 19, 2012

If you are getting the 'bug' for Pet Battles, then I am confident that you are also trying to get some of the more rare Pets that are out there. Good! So am I!

The feedback I am getting so far is pet battles are a good time waster and a nice getaway from the usual gold grind, rep grind, leveling grind, etc, etc, etc....And for this, I agree. I never played pokemon, or really any other 'battle' style game similar to this, and my only disappointment with this is not being able to sell our "captured" pets on the AH. Yet. So I am currently stockpiling 'wild' rares and holding onto them. Blizzard states they have a metric shitton (okay, not quoting here, but that's the gist) of pet battle changes coming in later patches... =)

So this post is directed at everyone that is looking for the best information on pets on the web. I have read quite a bit, and have been to many sites to compile as much as possible. Here are my favorite sites that are bookmarked:

Right off the bat, if you haven't already, you want to set up an in game Macro for finding out the 'rarity' of your competition in wild battles:

/run hooksecurefunc("PlaySoundKitID", function(Q) if Q==31584 then for i=1,C_PetBattles.GetNumPets(2) do SELECTED_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(C_PetBattles.GetName(2,i).." - ".._G["BATTLE_PET_BREED_QUALITY"..C_PetBattles.GetBreedQuality(2,i)]) end end end)

Since in 5.1 most of the current addons will basically be implemented into WoW, the one that I have been currently using is PetTracker. Sure, there are alot more out there, but for now, I am only using one....

Monday, October 15, 2012

Crazy spawn rate not nerfed....yet. So get there and farm up crazy amounts while you can. Because tomorrow, you just never know....

And it's not the caves that you are used to farming up in Kota Peak....You gotta drop down one level for this one....the two 'upper' caves are farm and bot happy. I found this one while dead trying to get back up to my undead...well...dead body.

If you have been farming either of the upper caves, walk midway between them and look down....

The exact entrance doesn't have yeti's hanging outside....it's located at 39.5/75.5...

If you are new to the area, take a gander at your minimap inside. If it looks like the first image I posted above, you are there. If not, it will either be a circle (quest hub- wrong one) or one to the left (the two upper caves have a similar layout, so if you see this one, NOT IT! Jump down till you see the little DK in the image above)

Now this farm isn't your average spot. If you have mining, you will do well, with plenty of Ghost Iron and a few spawns of Trillium. If you happen to have Herbalism as well on your farmer (of course you do!), then you will have a near shitton of Snow Lily with the occasional Golden Lotus (the buff rarely leaves me here, so that should give you an idea of how quickly they spawn in this cave).

And make sure to get your Mist-Piercing Goggles too! With so many nodes in here of both herbs and ore, a few extra never hurt anyone!

Due to the rate of respawn, this has to be fixed extremely soon. So my advice? Getcha out there now and farm till you cant farm no more!

Before I leave, I want to tell you another thing.....The Yeti's inside give off 54K per mob. The reason I spoke above about the multiple caves (top tier, not this one) is a very popular spot for bots/questing. It seems as of the last couple days, bots have not made it into this cave....yet. After they read this post though, I am sure you will see them pop up there.

Long story short, the mobs give good XP. With the Golden Lotus buff, you can get satchels that give decent drops, but if you are more worried about mass-farming mats, leave the Yeti's with a bit of loot on them, as they respawn slower.

If you are still reading this, WHY? Get on your Gathering toon and get to work!

Alto.

UPDATE: Faid posted a video of a similar area in Kun-Lai farming for Motes of Harmony which can be viewed on her YouTube page:

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Mist Piercing Goggles, taught by a schematic for engineers (using 8 Ghost Iron Bolts and 2 Spirits of Harmony) is one of the must have items for farming in Pandaria. Why you ask? For a small investment off the AH (or by crafting your own) you can get extra nodes from both Herbs and Ore. The Undermine Journal states that these can be picked up at nearly every auction house out there, from as little as 10g to just over 3K. A wise purchase at any price if you are a heavy farmer.....

Since using these goggles, I have seen approximately a 10% improvement in nodes. Let me rephrase that....10% more Herbs....And also, they are kinda sexy (FYI- supposedly, you do not have to wear them to get the 'buff', but why wouldn't you when they look this good!?)

In nearly two hours of straight farming on my gatherer toon, I saw only one, yes one, extra Ore node.

Compare that to 32 extra nodes of herbs. At the current prices of Mist Piercing Goggles on the AH, I figure that my tiny investment of 420g (lol'd at that price....) was paid for in the first 15 minutes.

The nodes are easy to spot as 'freebies' using these goggles....they appear as a Misty (hence the name) cloud around the plant/rock. Comparing to gathering statistics, I do not see they are necessarily 'new' locations, they just allow quicker spawnrates in an area. Extra is good, right?!

Thursday, September 27, 2012

So you are wondering where the BMAH is? Rock on! Well, it's just a hop,skip and a jump away in Pandaria. Take your FP to Tavern In The Mists in The Veiled Stair

When you land at the flight master Shin the Weightless (56.7, 75.7), turn around until you see this:

Here is Madam Goya's hut. For ease of use to find her, you can always just listen to me, or go ahead and make a macro:

/target Madam Goya

You can see she is right inside with a few guards surrounding her.

Just for shits and giggles, here is the current state of my BMAH (since ya'll love screenshots). Currently, I see no option to buy it now, however if there is something in the AH you really want, you might just toss the highest bid you can afford (up to 999,999g).

With the latter option, you are more than sure you will get said item. =)

The ones that I see as major purchases are from the TGC set and the Mounts (of course). You will want to keep tabs on the AH, as items have changed within 24 hours (although I am guessing some are set at 48h. No way to tell yet until further info is out there.